WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Sen. John Walsh, D-Mont., said Thursday he will not seek a full term because charges that he plagiarized a thesis at the Army War College are a "distraction."
The decision increases the Republican Party's chance of gaining control of the upper house. Walsh was the state's lieutenant governor when Gov. Steve Bullock, also a Democrat, named him to replace Max Baucus, who had held the seat since 1978.